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What family are elephant rhinoceroses and hippopotamus all members of?
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∙ 14y ago
Elephants, rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses used to all be categorized in the same family of pachyderms. However, they have now been divided up into different families. Elephants are in the family of elephantidae, hippos are in the family hippopotamidae, and rhinos are in the family rhinocerotidae.
Rosemarie Mills
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∙ 7y agoElephantidae family
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it belongs to the protosios order that's easy u can search it on Google, if u have more questions tipe on Google (question here) that's easy.
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ur friend Alexander
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∙ 9y agoElephants, rhinoceroses and hippopotamuses used to all be categorized in the same family of pachyderms. However, they have now been divided up into different families. Elephants are in the family of elephantidae, hippos are in the family hippopotamidae, and rhinos are in the family rhinocerotidae.
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∙ 16y agoThe order under which Elephants are classified is the Proboscidea. The family Elephantidae is the root from which the mammoth, Asian elephant, and African elephant came from.
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∙ 10y agoElephantidae
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∙ 14y agoPachyderm
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